Some rain this weekend then more settled

This weekend, another
trough will slide up the country bringing with it a brief
spell of wind and rain.

MetService Media and
Communications Meteorologist Daniel Corbett commented;"a
passing front will bring a period of wet and windy weather
mostly to western places during the weekend, then it looks
like the weather will start to settle down as we head into
the new week."

The front will be most active over the West
Coast of the South Island where the heaviest falls are
likely. Warm northwesterlies briefly return for Canterbury
on Saturday, where temperatures are expected to reach the
high twenties.

On Sunday the remnants of this front will
move across the north of the North Island before clearing
away. A large ridge of high pressure will then build in
across New Zealand from the west.

This will help make
Monday, Wellington Anniversary Day, mostly fine and dry
across much of New Zealand. At this point it looks like the
anticyclone will sit across New Zealand through to
midweek.

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